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How Costco Built a Price-Setting Monopoly
Costco’s business model defies traditional retail logic by capping markups at fifteen percent and making its real profit on memberships. We explore how this strategy creates a moat that Amazon cannot cross, turning shoppers into shareholders and warehouses into high-frequency data centers. The economics of the membership fee reveal why price wars are irrelevant when your customer base is locked in by habit and savings.
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